Archive for 'Tax Policy'
McCain and His Tax Cuts
The other day we mentioned Obama raising the Capital Gains Tax, and a reader mentioned how McCain’s tax cuts are better for the economy. So today, we will examine both the plausibility of McCain’s tax cuts and the economic effects of them.
Generally speaking tax cuts are an economic stimulus of sorts. They allow the average […]
Posted: June 9th, 2008 under McCain, Tax Policy.
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CNBC Covers 2008 Economic Issues
In a video from this morning, CNBC brought together Senior Economic Advisors for both the Obama and McCain campaigns. Here they “drew the economic battle lines” for the 2008 election season. We at Election Stocks were particularly interested with what they said about the Capital Gains Tax.
Our Capital Gains Tax, now at 15%, would be […]
Posted: June 6th, 2008 under Obama, McCain, Tax Policy, Economy.
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Capital Gains Tax
In case you’ve grown tired (as many have) of the Obama-Clinton debate analysis, I’d like to bring up one of the only issues that was thoroughly discussed last night. The Capital Gains Tax is considered frivolous by many engaged in the market. Therefore, increasing the Capital Gains Tax is not a very market friendly move.
Obama […]
Posted: April 17th, 2008 under Clinton, Obama, Debate Coverage, Tax Policy, Economy.
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Obama’s Economics
All of us CNBC watchers were lucky enough to see clips from an in depth interview with Barack Obama on his detailed economic plan. The entire interview can be found here (part 1) and here (part 2), but here are some key notes from the speech.
His plan for restoring the economy:
- Modernize financial regulatory system
- […]
Posted: March 27th, 2008 under Obama, Healthcare, Mortgage Issue, Issues, Finance Reform, Tax Policy.
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Bush vs. Clinton on Taxes
Here’s an interesting comparison of Pres. Bush and Pres. (Bill) Clinton on individual income taxes.
Ordinary citizens payed 21% less under the Bush tax rates. Are Hillary and Obama listening?
Posted: March 11th, 2008 under Tax Policy.
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Corporations and Obama
I read through an analysis of the Obama campaign’s economics plan by a UBS Investment Research team earlier today.
Interestingly enough, they made a link between Obama’s “Fix Our Health Care Crisis” plan and potential profits for large corporations. The idea, in general, would be that smaller businesses would have an especially hard time competing against […]
Posted: February 27th, 2008 under Obama, Healthcare, Tax Policy.
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Obama Economic Plan
Sen. Obama has introduced his economic plan. It features $80 billion in middle-class tax cuts with increases in corporate taxes, and those on capital gains and dividends. This is a program targeted to appeal to specific groups within the party.
The changes are in addition to his proposal to allow the Bush tax cuts […]
Posted: September 19th, 2007 under Obama, Campaign Strategy, Tax Policy.
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